It is the height of hypocrisy and chutzpa for Israel to discourage and disparage any kind of recognition of Palestine by the United Nations. Israel claims any potential statehood for Palestine can only be achieved through negotiations with Israel. The chances of that ever happening are none and nada.

Israel ridicules any resolution by the U.N. on the Palestinian request as “just a piece of paper.” It was the U.N that served as midwife to give birth to Israel through a “piece of paper” 65 years ago. Now Israel disregards the legitimacy of any U.N. action on Palestine. Did the Jewish Zionists negotiate with the Palestinians before Israel was created by the U.N., resulting in the eviction of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland?

The bigger question is how the United States can continue to so blindly support Israel given such blatant hypocrisy. Does the Jewish lobby really have such a strangle hold on our politicians?